Title :
All-optical Amplitude Noise Suppression of 107 Gb/s DPSK Signals Using a Parametric Fiber Switch in a 320 km transmission experiment
Author :
Ludwig, Ralf ; Futami, Fumio ; Huettl, B. ; Schmidt-Langhorst, Carsten ; Okabe, Ryo ; Watanabe, Shigetaka ; Schubert, Colja
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer Inst. for Telecommun., Heinrich-Hertz-Inst., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
An all-optical parametric fiber switch for all-optical amplitude noise suppression was applied mid-span in a 107 Gb/s differential phase shift keying (DPSK) transmission experiment. Using this switch an improved performance after 320 km transmission was achieved.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; interference suppression; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical parametric amplifiers; optical switches; DPSK signal; all-optical amplitude noise suppression; bit rate 107 Gbit/s; differential phase shift keying transmission; distance 320 km; optical parametric fiber switch; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Fiber nonlinear optics; Noise level; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Optical signal processing; Optical switches; Optical transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528771
